LESSON+III+ QUALITY+RESPONSE

//please review pages 333-335 in the Langemaat text// = = =__Quality:__=

Should art be beautiful or visually appealing? Do we agree what is appealing? If something is well crafted, but not original, should it be valued as art?

[[image:bigeyes.JPG width="320" height="193" align="right"]] //**KITSCH**//
===Sometimes art may show a great deal of technical competence, but lack originality. //Kitsch// is an example of art or music that has universal appeal, but is so overused that it loses artistic merit because of it's lack of originality.===

===Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, two Russian artists currently living in the USA, conducted an experiment to determine whether or not there were, in fact, some"tastes" in visual art. In their //Most Wanted Painting// project, the artists surveyed individuals from over 8 countries about specific qualities that they value in a painting. They then created artworks based on the surveys. [|Click Here] to see the results!===

Even more amusing...listen to the world's most unwanted song media type="youtube" key="9fCtDO7OcRM" height="315" width="420" //The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13% as the most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer (the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music, advertising jingles, political slogans, and “elevator” music, and a children's choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commericals and elevator music. Therefore, it can be shown that if there is no covariance—someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator music as someone who despises the organ, for example—fewer than 200 individuals of the world's total population would enjoy this piece.// //Art for the people—//

//Your pal, Dave Soldier//

//June 1997//

//__FORGERIES__//
===Han Van Meegeren, a dutch artist who lived in the early part of the 20th century created many "fake" Vermeers so skillfully that he even fooled experts in museums. The painting on the left is a Van Meegeren. The painting on the right is a Vermeer.===

If something is well crafted, but not original, should it be valued as art?
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